Advanced fire training in Orfordville

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Blackhawk Technical College started its first advanced fire training course this fall. The college enlisted retired firefighters to teach the course which involved search and rescue plus firefighter safety and survival training.

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Edgerton Fire Intern Sully Hrycay, left, and Edgerton Fire Protection District deputy fire chief Ryan Beckwith carry a fire hose during a practice exercise on Saturday morning during an advanced fire training at a house in Orfordville.

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Participants in Blackhawk Technical College's advance fire training class practice sliding down an ladder to escape a burning house on Saturday morning at a donated house in Orfordville.

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Instructor Dave Sheen, right, talks to class participants about searching rooms in a burning building, on Saturday in Orfordville.

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James Reese carries a hose into adonated house in Orfordville on Saturday morning during an advanced fire training class.

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A detail of one of the donated houses being used for fire training in Orfordville. Firefighters practiced escaped out of the house through a wall.